Friday, May 5, 2017

What did Donald Trump do today?

He denied (via a spokesperson) that telling the Prime Minister of Australia "you have better health care than we do" meant that Australia has better health care than we do.

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders insisted that Trump's remarks last night to visiting Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull were not intended as an endorsement of Australia's universal health-care system, but merely as empty flattery. (UPDATE: Trump himself also doubled down with a tweet today, saying that he was not being polite and that he did mean what he said.)